blog/content/quotes/mark-twain/index.md

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title = "Mark Twain"
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tags = ["quotes", "mark twain", "annoyance", "examples", "fame", "writing",
"right", "speeches"]
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> "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example."
-- Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar

> "Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is
> oblivion."

> "Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your
> editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."

> "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

> "If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact,
> proof is necessary."

> "It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech."